Hasp attachment



Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

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ALBERT B. WEGENEB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HASP ATTACHMENT,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

Application filed May 12, 1919. Serial No. 296,604.

' of Illinois, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Hasp Attachments,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching a hasp to the structure upon which it is to be mounted, such, for instance, as

thesliding door of a car, and it has for its object to provide means for firmly anchoring the mounting staple of the hasp.

Accordingly, the invention consists in providing a plate through which the loop end of the staple may be introduced in position to hold the hasp with freedom of swinging movement, the staple having its inner ends so deflected that they become firmly anchored in the plate and prevent the staple being drawn all the way through.

The attaching plate is preferably secured by bolts or equivalent means which pass through the plate and through the wall of the structure, and have nuts or equivalent :means applied to their inner ends so that the staple cannot be released without first gaining access to the interior of the struc 'ture.

A further object is to provide a construction of plate'which will permit assembly of the hasp with the staple that is mounted in the manner described, and to this end, a

further feature of the invention consists in constructing the opening through the attaching plate so that the end of the hasp may be introduced thereinto, and permitted to protrude beyond the inner surface of the face a suflicient distance to permit the staple to be threaded through the eye of the hasp, and then permit return of the hasp,

accompanied by the loop end of the staple,

to the front side of the plate.

The invention will be fully understood upon reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a beep and Its mounting embody/mg the several features of the present invention. I

Fig-2 is a top edge view pf the same, the structure upon which the device is mounted being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the parts at the time of assent-1y,

.Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the staple.

1 represents'the staple which constitutes the attaching means for a hasp 2. Accord ing to the present invention, the staple l is mounted upon the structure, as, for instance, the door A of a freight car or other structure B, through means of an attaching plate 3 having a slot 3 through which the loop end of the staple may be protruded in position to receive the eye 2 of the hasp, said slot 3 preferably corresponding in dimensions substantially to the superficial area of the loop end of the staple, and, therefore, firmly holding the same against distortion. In order to anchor the staple 1 in the plate 3, the staple has its inner ends deflecteol at such an angle to the sides of the loop as will limit the projection of the staple through the plate. These ends are preferably deflected from the plane of the loop and in opposite directions therefrom, as indicated in Fig. 6. Thus, the deflected ends of the staple provide a substantial base which, when firmly clamped between the attaching plate and the surface of the structure to which the hasp is to be applied, insure a rigid'presentation of the staple in po sition perpendicular to the attaching plate,

and resist any effort to distort the staple or draw it from its plate; stability in the plane of the staple being insured by the spacing of the deflected ends 1 from each other; and stability in the direction transverse to said plane being insured by the opposite projection of the ends.

To receive the anchoring ends 1 of the staple and resist displacement thereof. and

sons 4, or equivalent enacting entanpreferably have their external heads countersunk andsquare-seated -1n the plate 3 and spheroidal on the exterior so that they atford no gripping hold tor tampering with mits the end of the hasp 2 a suflicient distance to present its eye 2* in convenient ,position for threading the staple 1 through the eye, said slot 3 being located to intersect the slot?) so that after the staple is inserted the hasp may be withdrawn along with the loop end of the staple to bring the parts into relation with the attaching plate which they retain when in use. Thus, the slots 3* and 3 combine to forman opening through the plate of suflicient dimensions to pass both the eye end of the hasp and the loop end of-the staple. The exact form of the opening is not the essence-cofthis part of the invention, although substantial conformity to the intersecting planes, of the hasp and staple adds to the security of the device. Whatever the form of the opening may be, it is desirable to .leave, opposite the inner end oft-each socketor recess 3", awall 3 'that provides an abutment for the heel of the staple back ,of theanchoring end i to resist iolence that may be imposed "upon the staple in a direction transverse to-the plane of the loop. V

"QTheboltS 4? adjacent the staple are preferably located .at diagonally opposite points in the attachingplate, namely, in linewith each socket 3 The attaching plate 3 is preferably provided with a rearward-extension 3 likewise secured to the structure, as, .for instance, through .bolts 4%, which naturally adds to the .securityvof the closure, as it is obvious that with removal of the bolts 4* adjacent the staple, and with the locking end of the hasp still secured .by seal or padlock, opening of the door would still be prevented .since it is necessary to have the hasp free for manipulation through the slot-3 before the staple can be disassembled .from its I plate and the hasp released fIQm the sta 1e. 7

1. In a hasp holder, an attaching plate, and a staple; said plate having an opening passing the loop, end of the staple therethrough, EIIICl SZLICl staple being constructed at inner end to arrest itspassage through said opening.

2. The cgmbination of aihasp gac staple engaging said beep, and a plate for attachs ing said staple; said plate having an opening passing the loop end of thestapletherethrough, and said staple being constructed at its inner end to arrest its passagethrough said opening.

3. In a hasp holder, a staple, and a plate for attaching the staple having anopening correspont'ling substantially to the super- .ficial area of the loop end of the staple; an inner end of the staple being deflected from the plane of the loop and therebylimiting the passage of the staple through the opening of the plate.

4. In a hasp holder, a staple,.anda plate for attaching the staple having an opening corresponding substantially to the superficial area of theloop end of the staple; the inner ends of the staple being deflected in opposite directions from the vplane of the loop of the staple.

5; In a :hasp holder, .a staple, and a plate for. attaching said staple; said ,platelhaving a slot admitting the loop of the vstaple in position to receive the hasp; said staple having its ends deflected from the plane of the loop to arrest passage of the staple through the plate; and said plate having upon its under side seats for the deflected ends of the staple. d V 6. A hasp holder comprising a staple, and a plate for attaching the..-staple; the staple having its inner ends deflected perpendicularly to the plane of the loop of the staple,

.and said plate having .a slotladmittingthe loop of. the staple in position 'toreceive the hasp, andprovided withsockets- .onits. under side extending from said slot in position .to rece've the deflected ends of the staple to resist displacement of said ends by distortion of the loop.

7. A hasp holder comprising a staple and a plate for attaching the staple; the staple having itsinner ends deflected perdendicularly to the plane of the loop .ofthe staple; said plate having a slot admitting the loop of the staple in position to receivethe hasp, and provided with sockets on its underside extending from said slot .in position .to receive the deflected ends of the staple to resist displacement of said ends by distortion of the @loop; and said slot having walls presentedto the inner ends, of said sockets and opposing withdraw-a1 vof the deflected ends from the sockets. I

8.1ln a hasp holder, astaple having its ends positioned perpendicularly to .and in opposite directionsfrom the plane ofQitsloop and providing a base which resists tipping of the staple in the plane. of its loop or transversely thereto, and a I plate fitted over said base and adapted to confine said .base upon the structure upon which the ,hasp. isto beniounted.

9. .A hasp holder comprising astaple, and a plate having an openingadapted :to pass the end of the hasp and the loop of the staple assembled therewith; said staple being constructed to limit the distance to which it follows the hasp through the plate.

10. A hasp holder comprising a staple adapted to be received by the eye of a hasp, and a plate having two intersecting slots respectively positioned to receive the end of the hasp and the loop of the staple when engaged with the hasp; said staple having its inner end constructed to limit its passage through the plate.

11. In combination with a hasp having an eye at one end, a staple having a loop engaged with said eye, a plate having a slot adapted to receive the end of the hasp, and an intersecting slot'adapted to receive the loop of the staple; the respective inner ends of the staple being deflected in opposite directions from the ends of the staple-receiving slot and bearing beneath the plate to limit the projection of the loop of the staple through the plate.

12. The combination of a hasp, a staple having its loop engaged in said hasp and having a base enlarged beyond the plane of its loop, a plate having a slot receiving said loop and fitting over said base, and attaching ineans passing through the plate on opposite sides of the staple and having securing means adapted to hold their inner ends on the opposite side of a structure to V which the hasp is applied.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this third day of May, 1919.

ALBERT B. WEGENER.

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Washington, D. 0. 

